Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.

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Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov Nikolai Cherkasov As: Czar Ivan IV
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya Lyudmila Tselikovskaya As: Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Serafima Birman Serafima Birman As: Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Mikhail Nazvanov Mikhail Nazvanov As: Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Zharov As: Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
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Storyline

Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.


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Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Drama, History

Language: Pусский

Release Date: 11 November 1944

Country: SU

Runtime: 95m

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Company Credits

Company: Mosfilm, TsOKS

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Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov

Nikolai Cherkasov

Czar Ivan IV

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

Czarina Anastasia Romanovna

Serafima Birman

Serafima Birman

Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

Mikhail Nazvanov

Mikhail Nazvanov

Prince Andrei Kurbsky

Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Amvrosi Buchma

Amvrosi Buchma

Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Fyodor Basmanov

Pavel Kadochnikov

Pavel Kadochnikov

Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

Andrei Abrikosov

Andrei Abrikosov

Boyar Fyodor Kolychev

Alexander Mgebrov

Alexander Mgebrov

Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

Maxim Mikhaylov

Maxim Mikhaylov

Archdeacon

Vladimir Balashov

Vladimir Balashov

Piotr Volynetz

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Nikola, Simpleton Beggar

Semyon Timoshenko

Semyon Timoshenko

Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador

Aleksandr Rumnyov

Aleksandr Rumnyov

The Stranger

Pavel Massalsky

Pavel Massalsky

Sigismond, King of Poland

Valentina Kuznetsova

Valentina Kuznetsova

Smiling Woman in the Church (uncredited)

Sergei Stolyarov

Sergei Stolyarov

(uncredited)

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

Leonid Naumov

Leonid Naumov

Costume Design

Nadezhda Buzina

Nadezhda Buzina

Costume Design

Vasili Goryunov

Vasili Goryunov

Makeup Artist

Sound

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Original Music Composer

Vladimir Bogdankevich

Vladimir Bogdankevich

Sound Designer

Boris Volsky

Boris Volsky

Sound Designer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Andrey Moskvin

Andrey Moskvin

Director of Photography

Eduard Tisse

Eduard Tisse

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Yosyp Shpinel

Yosyp Shpinel

Production Design

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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